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Syrian Prime Minister Naji al-Otari, is seen during a meeting with Iraq's Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, not pictured, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011.
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Syrian premier seeks to improve ties with Iraq
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BAGHDAD - The prime ministers of Syria and Iraq agreed Saturday to boost cooperation in security and economic affairs during talks aimed at improving relations strained by Baghdad's allegations that the Syrians were harboring Iraqi insurgents. Syrian Prime Minister Naji al-Otari arrived Saturday for a two-day visit less than a month after Iraq...
 
 
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Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
KARAITHIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — The United Nations says it will launch an emergency appeal for funds to help those affected by floods that have ravaged Sri Lanka's east for days. With vast rice fields that were ready for harvesting inundated, many have...
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Residents look at buildings damaged after a landslide in Teresopolis, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011.
By PAULO PRADA And DIANA KINCH RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Rescuers struggled to reach still-flooded areas in southeastern Brazil on Friday, as more rain, rumors of unrest and the threat of further flooding complicated relief efforts from downpours...
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The BP (British Petroleum) logo is seen at a gas station in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007.
LONDON - In a major deal that cements energy ties between Russia and Britain, oil company said yesterday that Russia's state-owned oil firm Rosneft will take 5 percent of BP's ordinary voting shares in a major stock swap. In exchange, Rosneft will...
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David Oddsson, right, from Iceland, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, and Stefan Haukur Johannesson, left, Ambassador of Iceland at the European Free Trade Association EFTA in Geneva, and Illugi Gunnarsson, centre back, from Iceland, Political Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, attend the European Free Trade Association EFTA Ministerial Meeting in Vaduz, Liechtenstein on Monday June 27, 20
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Documents released by WikiLeaks reveal that cash-hungry Iceland asked for a $1 billion loan from the United States in 2008 to stop its economic collapse. The U.S. embassy in Reykjavik urged Washington to back the loan, arguing...
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he presides over a meeting to discuss the Naples garbage crisis, in Naples, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010.
Continue reading the main story Berlusconi's Political Fight What now for Italy? Q&A;: Berlusconi - what next? Berlusconi's rise (and fall?) Berlusconi's last days?...
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French frigate Le Floreal patrol the waters off the coast of Somalia on January, 2009. A European Union's anti-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia, called Atalante, has been patrolling the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden. Pirates operating off Somalia's coast, in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, carried out more than 130 attacks in 2008 alone, turning the region into the world's most dangerous waters. Faced with this threat to world maritime trade, the European Union in December 8 launched its very first naval operation to hunt down the pirates.
New York - Somali pirates have driven up shipping costs in the Indian Ocean, resulting in world economic losses estimated at $7-$12 billion (R48-R80 billion) a year, according to a study by One Earth Future Foundation released on Thursday. Armed with...
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Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano arrives at the Treasury Department in Washington, Friday, April 24, 2009
Prime Minister Naoto Kan is set to add some new faces to his cabinet to help him restore Japan's tattered public finances and open the nation up to free trade policies to spur growth. Kan's move was seen as an attempt to offer concessions to his...
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Volkswagen's Nasser Al-Attiyah, from Qatar, left, embraces Volkswagen's car driver Carlos Sainz, from Spain, at the end of the 2011 Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally 13th stage in Baradero, Argentina, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011.
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Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon, attends a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. on Apr. 25, 2001.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the American Jewish Committee Annual gala dinner in Washington, Thursday, April 29, 2010.
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A woman and her child stand outside their new tent at a camp in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti. Displaced Haitian families have resettled at the camp site follwing a devastating earthquake, 5 April, 2010.
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Australia's captain Michael Clarke plays a shot off the bowling of Pakistan's Yasir Arafat during the one day international cricket match between Pakistan and Australia in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2009.
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In this May 14, 2009 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantanamo detainees pray before dawn near a fence of razor-wire, inside Camp 4 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba
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England's Andrew Strauss, right, walks to the pavilion after Pakistan's Wahab Riaz claims his wicket during the first day of the third cricket test match at the Oval cricket ground, London, Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Andrew Strauss was given out after a T V review.
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